Patrick Morris (director)
Patrick Morris is the producer, director and series producer of many wildlife documentaries.
Life/Career
Morris attended King’s College, Taunton and the University of Leeds, graduating with a first class honors degree in Zoology.
Morris spent five years working in East Africa with renowned film-maker Hugo van Lawick,[1] producing films for BBC, Discovery Channel, National Geographic and PBS Nova before joining the BBC Natural History Unit in 1999. There he produced documentaries for the Natural World and Wildlife on One strands, including Hokkaido: Garden of the Gods, Dune and Ospreys, as well as series producing the landmark BBC series Wild Africa,[2] Europe and Galápagos.[3] Most recently Patrick produced and wrote the Birds and Primates episodes for the David Attenborough animal behavior series ‘Life’.[4] Morris’s films "Galapagos: Born of Fire" and "People of the Sea" have both won the Grand Teton best of festival award at the Jackson Hole Wildlife Film Festival.[5] From 2009 to 2014 he was co-director of ‘Enchanted Kingdom’ a 3D nature film for BBC Earth Films, Reliance Entertainment and IM Global for cinema release.[6] The film won the 2014 Panda Award 3D Award at the Wildscreen Film Festival [7]